November 2, 2022
CII – EWN Round Table Session on One Health Approach to AMR & its challenges in Animal Origin Food Value Chain
November 9, 2021
Experts agree on need for greater multisectoral collaboration to help implement One Health concept
November 23, 2020
Bold Actions For Food As A Force For Good
November 28, 2016
Israels Experience and Technologies can help transform agriculture in India
From L-R : Ms Kavery Ganguly, Principal Lead, Food & Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII); Mr Mayank Jalan, Chairman, CII National Committee on Animal Husbandry & Dairy; Chairman & Managing Director, Keventer Agro Ltd; Shri K. Ravinder Naik, IAS, Principal Secretary, Dairy Development & Fisheries & Animal Husbandry , Government of Uttar Pradesh; Dr. Hendrik Jan Roest, Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer, The Kingdom of Netherlands; Mr Suresh Chitturi, Co-Chair CII National Committee on Animal Husbandry and Dairy and Managing Director, Srinivasa Farms Pvt Ltd; Mr O P Singh, Managing Director, HuvePharma SEA (Pune) Pvt Ltd
L-R : Mr Rajesh Srivastava, Chairman, Prowess Advisors; Mr Jinesh Shah, Lead, CII Task Force on AgTech & Managing Partner, Omnivore; Mr S Sivakumar, Chairman, CII National Council on Agriculture & Group Head, Agri & IT Business, ITC Ltd; Mr Ravi Ranjan, IAS, Managing Director, U.P. Electronics Corporation Limited; Mr Umesh Kumar Rathod, Chief Operating Officer, NABCONS (NABARD Consultancy Services); Ms Kavery Ganguly, Principal Lead, CII Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence.
Roundtable on Leveraging AI for Sustainable and Safe Food Supply Chain, 31st August 2024, Hyderabad.
L-R: Ms Inoshi Sharma, Executive Director, FSSAI; Mr Samit Sachdeva, Chairman, CII- Aurangabad; Mr Arjun Bhujbal, Joint Commissioner, FDA-Aurangabad, Mr Sharad Rao, Joint Director- FSSAI
Significant achievement in Good Hygiene Practices by Street Food, presented by Ms Inoshi Sharma- Executive Director, FSSAI at 14th CII Award for Food Safety 2023 to Sat Refreshment, Jalandhar.
Winner of Outstanding Performance in Food Safety Small & Medium Business, Catering Business category at 14th CII Award for Food Safety 2023- The Akshaya Patra Foundation, Vaikunta Hill, Bengaluru
Mr G Kamala Vardhana Rao-IAS, CEO FSSAI, addressing the participants at the 14th CII Award for Food Safety 2023, 31st Jan 2024, Le Meridian, New Delhi.
5th CII-FACE Food Safety & Quality Kaizen Competition Seminar 2023 ( L-R): Prof Prabhat K. Nema - Dean - Research & Dept of Food Engg, NIFTEM Kundli, Jury Member, Dr Ramanand Shukla, Jury Chair & Senior Director, QCI, Ms Smitha Murthy, FSSC India Representative, Pre- Jury Chair.
Eminent jury members from QCI, FSSC and NIFTEM at 5th CII-FACE Food Safety & Quality Kaizen Competition Seminar 2023
Release of "Vision 2047 for Indian Poultry Sector" at the CII National Conference on #Poultry and Poultry Products.
CII-FACE Presentation by Dr. Indrani Ghose, Strategic Advisor- Food Safety and Quality, CII's Food and Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE)on Paradigm Shift with Benchmarking on Food System Transformation at the All India Supplier Meet, Vista Processed Foods Pvt Ltd, Navi Mumbai on 27 Oct, 2023
Presentation by Mr Satish Khade, Dist. Director of Avene Water Sanitation & Hygiene for Rotary Intl & President – Akhil Bhartiy Jalsanskriti Mandal, Pune Chapter on Water Conservation Techniques and Technology at the All India Supplier Meet, Vista Processed Foods Pvt Ltd, Navi Mumbai with Knowledge Partner CII FACE on 27 Oct, 2023
Caption for Partnership Development Prog: Partnership Development program co-designed by CII FACE as Knowledge Partner for Vista Processed Foods Pvt Ltd- Mr Bhupender Singh, CEO and MD Vista Processed Foos Pvt Ltd and Technical Experts at the Inaugural session 27 Oct, 2023 at Navi Mumbai
Congratulations to the winners of the first CII FPO Excellence Awards recognised across Market Linkages, women leadership, Membership Engagement, & Brand Focus categories
Exploring National Communication Platform for Raising Nutrition and Healthy Lifestyle Awareness, 3rd Oct 2023, New Delhi
Mr. G Kamala Vardhana Rao, IAS., CEO, FSSAI and Ms. Hari Chandana Dasari, IAS., Commissioner for Food Safety, Telangana at the CII FACE – STATE CONNECT SESSION IN HYDERABAD on 29th September 2023
Dr Rangaiah V Setlem, Convenor – CII Telangana Agri & Food Processing Panel & CEO – Indigene Protin Foods Pvt Ltd.; Ms Hari Chandana Dasari, IAS, Commissioner - Food Safety, Telangana, Directorate of Institute of Preventive Medicine, Narayanguda, Hyderabad; Mr G Kamala Vardhana Rao, Chief Executive Officer - Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI); Mr C Shekar Reddy, Chairman - CII Telangana & Chairman, CSR Estates Ltd.
Atreyee Talapatra, Secretary, Tractor and Mechanization Association; Arvind Kapur, Member, CII National Council on Agriculture & Advisor, Rasi Seeds; Dr Anu Kadyan, Manager - Startup India; Dr Vikram Singh, Senior Scientist, IPTM & PME, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR)
Inauguration of 3-Day Hands-On training on Microbiological techniques for Food Sampling, Testing, and Analysis for 8 public health laboratories in Maharashtra 9-11, August 2023 organised by CII-FACE, at Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research on Animal Food Safety, Mumbai Veterinary College.
Faculty and Laboratory participants at Centre of Excellence for Advanced Research on Animal Food Safety, Mumbai Veterinary College for 3-day Hands-on Training on Microbiology
Faculty delivered the theory lectures to Laboratory participants
Laboratory participants during Hands-on Training on Microbiology
Laboratory participants during Hands-on Training on Microbiology
Dr Anjani Kumar, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI; Mr Michiel van Erkel, Agriculture Counsellor India, Embassy of the Netherlands; Mr Pankaj Mehta, Vice Chairman, CII National Committee on Cold Chain & Managing Director, Carrier Transicold India & South Asia; Ms Ingeborg Bayer, Counsellor for Food and Agriculture, Embassy Of the Federal Republic Of Germany; Mr Amrendra Singh, Logistics Lead, Mondelez International.
Mr Pramod Singh, Senior Director, Research and Programmes, AEEE; Mr Ajeya Bandyopadhyay, Asia Lead-Climate Change Advisory, International Finance Corporation; Mr P. Ravichandran
Chairman, CII National Committee on Cold Chain & President, Danfoss Industries Private Limited; Mr Edwin van Veenhuizen, Strategy and Partnership Manager, Invest International, Netherlands; Mr Krishan Singh Rautela, Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, Asian Development Bank.
Ms Shivangi Sharma, Senior Post-doctoral Research Fellow (ERDF), University of Birmingham; Dr Satish Kumar, Founder & President, AEEE; Mr Jimmy Washington, Director of Sustainability and Cold Chain Development, Carrier, U.S.A; Mr B. Thiagarajan, Chairman, CII Task Force on Rural Development & Migrant Workforce & Managing Director, Blue Star Limited; Mr Samit Jain
Managing Director, Pluss Advanced Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Ms Jane Karkada, Senior Director, CII-FACE ; Mr P. Ravichandran, Chairman, CII National Committee on Cold Chain & President, Danfoss Industries Private Limited; Mr Faiz Ahmad Kidwai,
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India; Mr B. Thiagarajan, Chairman, CII Task Force on Rural Development & Migrant Workforce & Managing Director, Blue Star Limited; Mr Pankaj Mehta, Vice-Chairman, CII National Committee on Cold Chain & Managing Director, Carrier Transicold India & South Asia
R-L : H.E. Mr Cameron MacKay, High Commissioner of Canada to India, Ms Marie-Claude Bibeau, Honourable Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food of Canada, Mr Sanjay Sacheti, Chairman – CII Task Force on FPOs and Country Head – Olam Agro, Ms Jane Karkada, Senior Director, CII
(Standing from Left to Right): Ms Jane Karkada, Senior Director, CII’s Food and Agriculture Center of Excellence (FACE); Dr S.B. Barbuddhe, Director ICAR-NRC Meats; Mr. Siraj A. Chaudhry, Country Chairman, SATS India; Mr G. Kamala Vardhana Rao, Secretary, Government of India & Chief Executive Officer, Food Safety Standards Authority of India; Mr Avinash Kant, President, Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd; Mr Ayush Arora, Co-founder, Sattviko and Mr Ajay Khanna, Chief Marketing Officer, Amway India.
(Standing from Left to Right): Ms Jane Karkada, Senior Director, CII’s Food and Agriculture Center of Excellence (FACE); Dr Shubnum Singh, Principal Advisor Healthcare CII, Governing Board Member & Advisor Health Sector Skills Council; Ms Deepti Gulati, Industry Chair Professor Nutraceuticals & Fortification, NIFTEM; Dr Jasvir Singh, Scientific Advisor, CII Task Force on Food Regulatory Affairs and Director, Regulatory Affairs ASPAC, IFF; Dr Anuja Agarwala, Nutritionist, AIIMS; Ms Bhuvaneswari Balasubramanian, India Program Lead & Senior Technical Specialist - Knowledge Leadership: Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and Dr Agatha Betsy, Nutrition Manager, Foods R&D, Technology Marico India
Left to Right
Ms Jane Karkada, Senior Director, CII FACE
Mr S Sivakumar - Chairman, CII core group of agtech and group head, agri & IT Businesses, ITC Ltd
Ms Vinita Bali, chairperson CII National Committee on Nutrition
Mr Salil Singhal, Chairman CII Task Force on Agro chemicals & chairman emeritus, PI industries
Mr Brent Loken, Chief Food scientist WWF
Winner- AgroZee Organics Pvt. Ltd | 1st runner up Some More Foods Pvt. Ltd | 2ndrunner up Gran's goodness
Mr. P. Ravichandran, Chairman, CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics; and President, Danfoss Industries Private Limited, , Mr. B. Thiagarajan, Chairman, CII Awards Committee & Managing Director, Blue Star Ltd, Mr. Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Governor of Maharashtra, Dr. Ashok Dalwai, CEO, NRAA, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare & Chairman, CII Cold Chain Awards Jury and Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Co- Chairman CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics & Managing Director, Carrier Transicold
Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Co- Chairman CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics & Managing Director, Carrier Transicold, Mr. B. Thiagarajan, Chairman, CII Awards Committee & Managing Director, Blue Star Ltd, Dr. Ashok Dalwai, CEO, NRAA, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare & Chairman, CII Cold Chain Awards Jury, Dr. Srikanta Panigrahi, Director General, Indian Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) , &, Member to National Climate Change Missions – Government of India, Mr. P. Ravichandran, Chairman, CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics and President, Danfoss Industries Private Limited and Dr. Deepak Baindur, Project Manager GIZ India
Winner - Fermentech Labs Pvt Ltd | 1st Runner up - Nimble Growth Organic | 2nd Runner up - Chimertech Pvt Ltd
Dr Bhupinder Singh, Managing Director & CEO, Vista Processed Foods Pvt. Ltd; Dr Shirish Nigam, Managing Director, EW Nutrition South Asia; Mr Suresh Chitturi Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Animal Husbandry & Dairying, President- International Egg Commission, Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Srinivasa Farms; Dr Anuj Sharma, Technical Officer – Antimicrobial Resistance, Laboratories, Infection Prevention & Control, WHO Country Office for India; Dr Vivekanandan Perumal, Professor, Kusuma School of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi; Dr Lata Kapoor, Additional Director, Head, Centre for Bacterial Disease and Drug Resistance & AMR Program Unit, National Centre for Disease Control, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India
L-R: Ms Ekta Bhyan, Asian Para Games Gold medalist, Tokyo Paralympian and National Awardee; Mr Anshul Khanna, Senior Director - Marketing & Category Head Foods, PepsiCo India; Ms Kavneet Sahni, Founder & CEO, GotoChef; Mr Vikas Khanna, Celebrity chef & Quaker Brand Ambassador; Dr Eram Rao, Professor, Department of Food Technology, Delhi University; Ms Preeti Rao, Health and Wellness consultant, Founder & CEO, Weljii
L-R: Mr. Ashutosh Mittal, Director Quality Control, Herbalife Nutrition; Dr Deepa Bhajekar, Distinguished Alumni, Harvard University & Director, D Technologies; Dr Nilesh Amritkar,
Managing Director, Envirocare Labs & FSSAI National Level Resource Person and Master Trainer; Dr Pikka Jokelainen, Adjunct Professor, Infectious Disease Preparedness, Staten’s Serum Institut, Denmark; Dr Vaibhav Tiwari, Associate Professor, Dept of Microbiology & Immunology, Midwestern University, USA
Left to Right : Mr. Mayank Jalan, Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Food Processing Industries & Managing Director Keventer Agro Ltd; Mr. Arun Singhal, CEO, FSSAI; Ms. Inoshi Sharma, Executive Director, FSSAI and Ms. Jane Karkada, Senior Director, CII
Left to Right: Mr Mayank Jalan, Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Food Processing Industries & Managing Director Keventer Agro Ltd; Ms Anita Praveen, Secretary, MoFPI and Ms Jane Karkada, Senior Director, CII
(L-R): Dr. R.K. Singh, Director, One Health Support Unit; Dr. Manjunath S Palegar , Director, Department Of Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services; Shri Alkesh Wadhwani, Director, Poverty Alleviation; Dr. Pushpalatha, Director Incharge, Health & Family Welfare Department, Govt of Karnataka; Ms. Salma K Fahim, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries; Shri Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India; Dr. Praveen Malik, Animal Husbandry Commissioner, Government of India; Shri Vijaykumar Gogi, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife),Government of Karnataka; Shri H. Basavarajendra, Commissioner, Department of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, Government of Karnataka and Dr. Raghavendra Bhatta, Director, NIANP
Mr Ajay Khanna, CEO Herbalife Nutrition; Mr Sanjaya Mariwala, CEO, OmniActive ; Mr Tarun Arora, CEO, Zydus Wellness ; Mr Arvind Shukla, Business Head Nutrition, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories shared Vision 2030 for supplement industry.
Designations L-R
Mr S Sivakumar, Chairman, CII Task Force on AgTech and Group Head, Agri & IT Business, ITC Ltd
Mr P K Swain, Additional Secretary, MoA&FW
Mr Samuel Praveen Kumar, Joint Secretary, MoA&FW
Ms Meetu Kapur, Executive Director, CII
Mr Bahadur Ali, Founder and Managing Director, IB Group; Mr O P Singh, Conference Chairman and Managing Director HuvePharma SEA (Pune) Pvt Ltd.; Mr Atul Chaturvedi, Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Hon’ble Minister of State of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India; Mr Arabind Das
Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying and CMD, NutriWiz Global Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd.; Mr Ram Reddy, Managing Director, Sneha Farms and Dr Alain Kanora, Director
HuvePharma NV, Bulgaria at the National Conference on Poultry & Poultry Products, 21 March 2022 at New Delhi.
Dr. L Murugan, Hon'ble Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India addressing the CII Conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture on 21 January 2022
Shri Parshottam Rupala, Hon’ble Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India addressing the CII Conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture on 21 January 2022
Mr Pawan Aggarwal, Former CEO, FSSAI and Secretary, GoI, Co- Chair of the Working Group for Food Safety, UNFSS 2021 at the CII National Dialogue on Agri & Food - Pre-event in support of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021
Mr Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India at the CII National Dialogue on Agri & Food - Pre-event in support of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021
Ms. Pushpa Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India at the CII National Dialogue on Agri & Food - Pre-event in support of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 on 14 Sept, 2021
Shri. Nagendra Nath Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India at the CII National Dialogue on Agri & Food - Pre-event in support of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 on 13 Sept, 2021
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary, DARE and Director General, ICAR, Government of India at the CII National Dialogue on Agri & Food - Pre-event in support of the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 on 13 Sept, 2021
Powering Food Safety, Quality and Regulatory Programs with Next Generation Tools, Techniques and Technology 27, 28, 30 July & 9 Aug 2021
(L-R) Mr Mayank Jalan, Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Agri Allied Sector and Chairman & Managing Director, Keventer Agro Ltd; Brig J S Oberoi, CEO, Nature Bio Feeds Ltd (Group LT Foods Ltd); Mr Desh Ramnath, Director Business Development, Dutch Greenhouse Delta; Mr Arindom Datta, Executive Director and Head of Rural & Development Banking / Advisory, Rabo India Securities Pvt. Ltd.; Dr Saurabh Sekhar, Director-India, Trouw Nutrition
India - Netherlands Session on “Scaling up the Strategic Relationship in Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Husbandry Sectors” organised on 19 January 2020.First row (L-R) : Dr Alka Bhargava, Additional Secretary, Dept of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, India; H E Mr Marten van den Berg, Ambassador, Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands; Mr Atul Mehra, Chairman, Tasty Dairy Specialities Ltd; Ms
Panellists at the session : Mr Arabind Das, Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Agriculture Allied Sectors; CEO & Director, NutriWiz Global Advisory Services Pvt. Ltd and Director, Inspirare Consulting LLP; Dr. Praveen Malik, Animal Husbandry Commissioner, Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying; Dr Vijay Pal Singh, Joint Director (Social & Behavioral Change Division), Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; Ms Johanne Ellis-Iversen, Head of Group, Senior Adviser, National Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS), Denmark; Prof. Jaap Wagenaar, Professor of Clinical Infectiology, Utrecht University, Netherlands; Dr Anders Miki Bojesen, Professor of Preventive Veterinary Microbiology, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Denmark; Dr. Shirish Nigam, Managing Director, EW Nutrition South Asia
•Dr Martin Frick, Deputy to the Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit 2021, United Nations.
•Mr Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Government of India.
•Ms Pushpa Subrahmanyam, Secretary – Ministry of Food processing Industries, Government of India
Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog speaking at the Opening Session of the 4th edition of the Advanced Technology Programme in Agriculture on 17th September 2020
H.E. Mr. Guido Landheer, Assistant Vice Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Food Netherlands speaking at the Opening Session of the 4th edition of the Advanced Technology Programme in Agriculture on 17th September 2020
L-R : Mr Sanjeev Asthana, Founder & Director, Ifarms Venture Advisors Private Ltd; Dr Rob Bramley, Senior Principal Research Scientist - Precision Agriculture, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia; Prof. J. Adinarayana, Professor and Head, Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering (CSRE), IIT Bombay speaking at the Session on Digital Agriculture : Data Driven Solutions for Optimizing Value Chains on 18th September 2020.
Embassy of India, The Hague speaking at the Opening Session of the 4th edition of the Advanced Technology Programme in Agriculture on 17th September 2020
Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Hon'ble Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare launching the CII NACONS publication on 'Innovative Business Models emerging through COVID19'
Mr. Pawan Aggarwal, Special Secretary, Logistics, Ministry of Commerce, Dr. Ashok Dalwai, CEO NRAI, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Mr. Debaraj Panda, Additional Member Commercial, Railway Board, Mr. P.K Swain, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer's Welfare, Mr. Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Principal Secretary &Agricultural Production Comm, Government of Tamil Nadu, Dr. Janardhan Reddy, Secretary, Agriculture-and-Co-operation Department, Government of Telangana, Mr. B. Thiagarajan, Managing Director, Blue Star Ltd, Ms. Meetu Kapur, Executive Director, CII-FACE Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Co- Chairman, CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics; and Managing Director, Carrier Transicold India interact with policy makers at Post-Harvest & Logistics Summit on 4th September 2020.
Mr. Pawan Aggarwal, Special Secretary, Logistics, Ministry of Commerce, Mr. Debaraj Panda, Additional member Commercial, Railway Board, Mr. P.K Swain, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer's Welfare, Mr. B. Thiagarajan, Managing Director, Blue Star Ltd, Ms. Meetu Kapur, Executive Director, CII-FACE Mr. Pankaj Mehta, Co- Chairman, CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics; and Managing Director, Carrier Transicold India interact with policy makers at Post-Harvest & Logistics Summit on 4th September 2020
Mr Sudhanshu Pandey, Secretary, Department of Food and Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumers Affairs, Food & Public Distribution interacting with members of CII Task force on Sugar on 28 July 2020.
Organic Food Festival(21- 23 February 2020): Inaugural ceremony:From Left to Right: Mr Chandrajit Banerjee, Director General,CII, Ms Pushpa Subramanyam, Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Mr Rameswar Teli, Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Ms Harsimrat Kaur Badal. Minister for Food Processing Industries, Ms Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister for Women and Child Development and Minister for Textiles, Ms Debasree Chaudhuri, Minister of State for Women and Child Development, Mr Rabindra Panwar, Secretary, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Dr Chindi Vasudevappa, Vice Chancellor, NIFTEM
L-R: Mr Anil Kumar P, Joint Director(Marketing), The Marine Products Export Development Authority(MPEDA); Mr Sagar Mehra, Joint Secretary(Indland Fisheries), Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; Mr D Ramesh Kumar, CEO, Salem Microbes Pvt Ltd; Dr J Balaji, Joint Secretary(Marine Fisheries), Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying; Mr K Palaniswamy, General Manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD) at the National Conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture on 13 December 2019 at New Delhi.
L-R: Mr Arabind Das, Chairman, CII National Committee on Agriculture Allied Sectors and Former Chief Operating Officer, Godrej Tyson Foods Ltd.; Ms Rajni Sekhri Sibal, Secretary, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India; Mr Atul Mehra, Co-Chairman, CII National Committee on Agriculture Allied Sectors and Chairman, Tasty Dairy Specialities Ltd.at the National Conference on Fisheries and Aquaculture on 13 December 2019 at New Delhi
L-R: Mr. S. Swaminathan, Chief General Manager, GS1; Dr. Vincent J Sewalt, Senior Director, Regulatory Science & Advocacy DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences; Mr. Steven Bartholomeusz, Policy Director, Food Industry Asia (FIA); Mr. D Dave, Chairman, Suraksha Khadya Abhiyan Former Chairman, Codex Alimentarius Commission & Former Chairman, FAO/WHO Co-ordinating Committee for Asia; Mr. Kumar Anil, Advisor (Standard), FSSAI Mr. Ashim Sanyal, COO, Consumer Voice
Small & Medium Food Manufacturing Business: Rising Star, Spices & Sauces- ITC Ltd. (Spices) Sri Sai Agro Products ISG- Unit 2
L-R: Ms. Meetu Kapur, Executive Director, Confederation of Indian Industry, Mr. Sean J. Leighton, Advisory Board Member GFSI & Vice President of Food Safety, Quality & Regulatory Affairs, Cargill Inc., Mr. Suresh Narayanan, Chairman, CII National Committee on Food Processing Industries & Chairman and Managing Director Nestle India Ltd., Mr. Pawan Kumar Agarwal, CEO, Food Safety & Standards Authority of India, Mr. Sudhir Sitapati, Chairman, CII Taskforce on Food Regulatory Affairs; Co-chairman, CII National Committee on Food Processing Industries
Release of Agtech Innovations for Viable Enterprise (AgTIVE) by Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Hon’ble Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India (third from left) at the Global Dialogue on Digital Pathways in Agriculture on 5th December 2019 in New Delhi
Shri Parshottambhai Rupala, Hon’ble Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare and Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India delivering the Keynote address at the Special Session during the Global Dialogue on Digital Pathways in Agriculture on 5th December 2019 in New Delhi. Also seen in the picture are (seated from left to Right) Ms Ratika Jain, Chief Executive Officer, Global Innovation & Technology Alliance (GITA), Dr Ashok Dalwai, CEO, NRRA,Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India and Mr Salil Singhal, Chairman, CII National Council on Agriculture and Chairman Emeritus, P
Winners of CII Cold Chain Awards 2019 with Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon´ble Minister of State, Ministry of Food Processing Industries at the CII Cold Chain Awards 2019 on 20 November, 2019 at New Delhi.
Mr Pankaj Mehta, Co-Chairman, CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics and Managing Director, Carrier Transicold; Mr Pawanexh Kohli, CEO & Chief Advisor, National Centre for Cold Chain Development(NCCD);Mr P Ravichandran, Chairman, CII Task Force on Post-Harvest & Logistics and President, Danfoss Industries Pvt Ltd; Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon'ble Minister of State, Ministry of Food Processing Industries; Dr Ashok Dalwai, CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare & Chairman, Committee on Doubling Farmer's Income; Mr B Thiagarajan, Co-Chairman, CII National Council on Agriculture & MD, Blue Star Ltd.
CII-SKA(Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan ) celebrated World Food Day in various locations across the country including Delhi, Kolkata , Tirupati, Puducherry and Cochin as a partnership initiative with State Govt, FSSAI, FAO, AFSTI, Midday meal makers, NGOs, Academia, Certification Bodies and Industry. Key activities included Street plays, launch of Clean street food hub in Delhi, Pledge taking, Food Safety Quiz, Interactive deliberations and Hygienic and Tasty Food Culinary Contest to demonstrate ‘Eat Right for a Healthy India’.
CII-SKA(Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan ) celebrated World Food Day in various locations across the country including Delhi, Kolkata , Tirupati, Puducherry and Cochin as a partnership initiative with State Govt, FSSAI, FAO, AFSTI, Midday meal makers, NGOs, Academia, Certification Bodies and Industry. Key activities included Street plays, launch of Clean street food hub in Delhi, Pledge taking, Food Safety Quiz, Interactive deliberations and Hygienic and Tasty Food Culinary Contest to demonstrate ‘Eat Right for a Healthy India’.
CII-SKA(Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan ) celebrated World Food Day in various locations across the country including Delhi, Kolkata , Tirupati, Puducherry and Cochin as a partnership initiative with State Govt, FSSAI, FAO, AFSTI, Midday meal makers, NGOs, Academia, Certification Bodies and Industry. Key activities included Street plays, launch of Clean street food hub in Delhi, Pledge taking, Food Safety Quiz, Interactive deliberations and Hygienic and Tasty Food Culinary Contest to demonstrate ‘Eat Right for a Healthy India’.
CII-SKA launches FSSAI’s Clean Street Food Hub initiative at Qutub Minar on World Food Day. The launch was followed by a Street Play on Good Hygiene Practices by Students, Registration of vendors by Delhi Food Safety officers and Gap Assessment of the hub.
Meeting of delegation from CII Task Force on Sugar & Ethanol with Prof Ramesh Chand, Member, Niti Aayog
Ms Vinita Bali, Chairperson, CII National Committee on Nutrition addressing at the CII Western Region Council meeting on 28 August 2019.
Panel Discussion on “the Role of PPP in strengthening the Health Supplements & Nutraceuticals Ecosystem” @ FSSAI-ReCHaN 4th Stakeholder Forum with eminent speakers from Industry and International Associations among (L to R)Mr. Simon Pettman, Executive Director, IADSA, Ms. Sangeetha Srinivasan, Manager Marketing - Human Nutrition, South Asia, DSM, Ms. Michelle Stout, Regulatory Policy, Amway & Chair, IADSA, Mr. Ajit Singh, President, HADSA and Mr. Atanu Halder, Senior Director (Product Operations), Herbalife Nutrition .
Mr Pawan Agarwal, CEO FSSAI releasing the first training material for pharmacists and retailers in the area of health supplements and nutraceuticals during ReCHaN 4th Stakeholder Forum on 28th August 2019 in Mumbai
Shri Rameswar Teli, Hon’ble Minister of the State for Food Processing Industries, Government of India (5th from left) and Thiru Banwarilal Purohit, Hon'ble Governor of Tamil Nadu (6th from left) along with other dignitaries releasing CII-FACE report on Indian Food Processing Sector : Trends and Opportunities at the Inauguration of CII Foodpro 2019 in Chennai on 23 August, 2019.
L-R Dr Sarika Verma, joint secretary, IFSI ;ms Anuja Aggarwala, Vice President, Indian dietetic association; dr Kumud Khanna, Vice President, nutrition society of India; ms Vinita Bali, chairperson, cii national nutrition committee; mr Manjeet singh Gill, president, Indian federation of culinary associations.
L-R Dr. Chandrakant S. Pandav, Member National Council for India Nutritional Challenges, POSHAN ABHIYAN, Regional Coordinator, Iodine Global Network, (South Asia) & President, ICCIDD, India ; Dr. Rakesh Sarwal, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food Processing Industries; Ms. Rita Teotia, Chairperson, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India; Ms. Vinita Bali, Chairperson, CII National Nutrition Committee; Dr C V Dharma Rao, Joint Secretary and Advisor, National Water Mission, Ministry of Jal Shakti at the CII National Nutrition Conclave, 26 August 2019, New Delhi.
Shri Suresh Kumar Vashishth, Joint Secretary (Sugar), Department of Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution interacting with members of CII Task force on Sugar & Ethanol in New Delhi
CII Delegation led by Mr B Thiagrajan , Chairman CII WR Sub Committe on Rural Urban Connect had a interctive meeting Mr Sachin Yadav, Minster for Agriculture and Food Processing on CII Initiatives and mutual cooperation in the field of Agriculture and Food Processing in MP
Hon’bl Minister of Food Processing Industries at the meeting with Members of Parliament on WFI 2019 in New Delhi
Hon’bl Minister of Food Processing Industries addressing the Members of Parliament at the interaction on WFI 2019 in New Delhi
CII call on meeting with Shri Parshottam Rupala, Hon'ble Minister of State for Agriculture & Farmers' welfare and Panchayati Raj
On the occasion of World Food Safety Day, CII Bihar celebrated this with members in Maurya complex where 120 street vendors pledged to serve safety food to their customers. Members also distributed hand gloves and skull caps to these vendors.
On the occasion of World Food Safety day on 7th June, CII organized an Interactive Session with Ms Nomi Mohan, Nutritionist, GNRC Hospital with CII Members at Guwahati office
CII offices across the country take the Food Safety Pledge on 1st World Food Safety Day on 7 June. Several activities were undertaken like briefing on food safety & hygiene practices to CII office canteen personnel & also engaged the community like street food vendors.
Shri O P Dhankar, Hon'ble Minister of Agriculture, Govt of Haryana taking Food Safety Pledge along with other dignitaries at the dais and farmers during the CII Innovative Farmers' Meet at Malhan Lawns at Jhajjar, Haryana
Ms. Rita Teaotia, Chairperson FSSAI addressing the forum; Ms. Meetu Kapur, Executive Director-CII; Mr. Pawan Agarwal, Chief Executive Officer, FSSAI; Prof. Manfred Eggersdorfer, Healthy Ageing-University Medical Centre Groningen, Netherlands; Mr. Simon Pettman, Executive Director, IADSA.
Panel Discussion on ‘Strengthening the Sampling and Testing Ecosystem: Health Supplements and Nutraceuticals.
L-R : Dr. Poonam Kakkar, Chief Scientist, IITR: Dr. J. Lewis, Scientific Advisor, ReCHaN: Dr. N. Bhaskar, Advisor-QA, FSSAI: Dr. Ranjan Mitra, President-AOAC.